Improvement in fly-nets



, L. B. & a. w. LEE.

' Fly-Ne't.

: N0. 163,668. Patented May 25,1875.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

LUTHER B. LEE AND GEORGE W. LEE,-OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLY-NETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,668, dated May 25, 1875 application filed March 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, LUTHER B. LEE and GEORGE W. LEE, of Ridgewood, in the county of Queens and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fly- Nets, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of one of our improved. fly-nets. Fig. 2 is a detail viewof the end part of one of the crossbars enlarged.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. 7

The object of this invention is to improve the construction of fly-nets made with cord cross-bars in such a way-as to prevent the ends of the cross-bars from untwisting, and at the same time give to said ends a neatappearshrinking of the cords, consequent upon the wetting and drying of the cords, cause the metal tips to become loose and come on. The knots are bungling, and the knotted cords soon become entangled, and cannot free thomselves.

A are the longitudinal bars of thenet, which are made of leather, of suitable size. B are the cross-bars, which are made of cord, and are quilted or stitched through the longitudinal bars A a sufficient number of times to prevent the said cross-bars from slipping through the said longitudinal bars. The end parts of the cross-bars B are stitched upon a sewingmachine for a few inches, as shown in Fig. 2. This stitching may be done after the net is made; but we prefer to stitch the cord before the net is made. In this case the cord is stitched throughout its whole length, or at regular intervals, so that when out into proper length for cross bars, each piece may have its ends stitched. The latter method is preferred, as it enables the cord to be prepared and sold to net-makers ready for use.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent As an article of manufacture, a cord for the cross-bars or strands of fly-nets, stitched as and for the purpose specified.

LUTHER B. LEE. GEORGE W. LEE. Witnesses:

SYLVESTER SMITH, WILLIAM S. HIoKs. 

